01/17/2025
The Supreme Court has officially upheld the ban on TikTok.
I am now planning to divest from all META platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. I feel conflicted about this decision because I still have an X (formerly Twitter) account. I believe it’s important to have more speech and connection with others, not less. Losing public forums is unhealthy for society. We’re already incredibly divided and isolated from one another, and it’s crucial to preserve what little avenues for connection we have left.
That said, Facebook, which I’ve been on since around 2005, has become nearly useless in terms of engagement. I run several groups and pages, including one for my jewelry business, Underground Faery, and another for my Good Life Cat Sanctuary. Despite having over 1,000 followers on the cat sanctuary page and slightly fewer on the jewelry page, the engagement is dismal.
I also manage a Liberal prepping group with 1,200 members, as well as several other groups, but the engagement there is poor, too. I frequently get prompts to "boost" posts starting at $15 per post, but I refuse to pay for that.
Over the years, I’ve found it nearly impossible to maintain meaningful connections with anyone on social media. I understand people are busy, but it raises the question: what’s the point of social media and messaging apps if people don’t actually use them to communicate?
No one answers phone calls or responds to text messages anymore either. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like this isolation has been deliberate. It seems like the powers that be don’t want us communicating, organizing, talking, or comparing notes with one another. Everyone prefers to live in their own little bubble. But a fully free and conscious society can’t survive if we’re this isolated—it will be our downfall.
The next four years are going to be challenging. It will be far harder if we can’t connect with any sort of social group. Healthy communication is essential for mental health, for mutual assistance, and for basic human connection—and all of that has been systematically eroded.
For now, I will keep my YouTube account. I still use WhatsApp and Telegram for messaging, and I send emails, but no one seems to respond to those either. Texting has become just as futile.
I wish everyone the best of luck.
Good luck over the next four years. I’m not sure if I’ll ever truly connect with anyone again, considering I haven’t consistently spoken to anyone in the past eight. It is what it is.
I will have to relocate this page and find another place to promote my art and jewelry.
Maybe we will cross paths sometime in the future.
